Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1970 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1970 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1970. This page will looks at 127 1970 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. This only represents about 33% of the movies made in 1970….but should cover the top box office movies.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1970
1970 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1970 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
- Sort 1970 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1970 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1970 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1970 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1970 Movies received.
- Sort 1970 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Top earners in 1970 for Adjusted USA Box Office:
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 6th, 1971, January 5th, 1972
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
Does The Lawyer belong anywhere on this list?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065970
Decently ratings
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Diana Muldaur
Consider The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065143
Mike
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
I added movie Trash to list
Please review movies missing from the year 1970 that might need to be added.
1.Angels Die Hard $700,000 USD source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
2.Student Nurses over $1 million source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
3.Ann and Eve $18,000,000 source: wikipedia Top Grossing Films of 1970″
also:$18,000,000 IMDB
4.Chariots of the Gods $25.9 million source: wikipedia “Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970)”. http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com.
also:$25,948,300 IMDB
5.Trash, 1,500,000 source-http://www.teako170.com/box70-79.html
Some additional info is also on Stats-A-Mania for 2 movies listed in German.see items 7 & 10.
http://www.teako170.com/box70-79.html
1970
001 $ 106.4 n/a $ 106.4 Love Story (1970)
002 $ 100.5 n/a $ 100.5 Airport (1970)
003 $ 81.6 n/a $ 81.6 MASH (1970)
004 $ 61.7 n/a $ 61.7 Patton (1970)
005 $ 50.0 n/a $ 50.0 Woodstock (1970)
006 $ 31.6 n/a $ 31.6 Little Big Man (1970)
007 $ 25.9 n/a $ 25.9 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970)
008 $ 18.1 n/a $ 18.1 Five Easy Pieces (1970)
009 $ 18.0 n/a $ 18.0 The Aristocats (1970)
010 $ 18.0 n/a $ 18.0 Ann och Eve – de erotiska (1970)
011 $ 17.5 n/a $ 17.5 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
012 $ 14.5 n/a $ 14.5 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
013 $ 14.0 n/a $ 14.0 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
014 $ 9.0 n/a $ 9.0 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
015 $ 6.0 n/a $ 6.0 Chisum (1970)
016 $ 5.0 n/a $ 5.0 Darling Lili (1970)
017 $ 3.0 n/a $ 3.0 Myra Breckinridge (1970)
018 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
019 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 Trash (1970)
020 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 The Only Game in Town (1970)
Please review and advise
Thx
MIKE
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Please review movies missing from the year 1970 that might need to be added.
1.Angels Die Hard $700,000 USD source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
2.Student Nurses over $1 million source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
3.Ann and Eve $18,000,000 source: wikipedia Top Grossing Films of 1970″
also:$18,000,000 IMDB
4.Chariots of the Gods $25.9 million source: wikipedia “Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970)”. http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com.
also:$25,948,300 IMDB
Some additional info is also on Stats-A-Mania for 2 movies listed in German.see items 7 & 10.
http://www.teako170.com/box70-79.html
1970
001 $ 106.4 n/a $ 106.4 Love Story (1970)
002 $ 100.5 n/a $ 100.5 Airport (1970)
003 $ 81.6 n/a $ 81.6 MASH (1970)
004 $ 61.7 n/a $ 61.7 Patton (1970)
005 $ 50.0 n/a $ 50.0 Woodstock (1970)
006 $ 31.6 n/a $ 31.6 Little Big Man (1970)
007 $ 25.9 n/a $ 25.9 Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970)
008 $ 18.1 n/a $ 18.1 Five Easy Pieces (1970)
009 $ 18.0 n/a $ 18.0 The Aristocats (1970)
010 $ 18.0 n/a $ 18.0 Ann och Eve – de erotiska (1970)
011 $ 17.5 n/a $ 17.5 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
012 $ 14.5 n/a $ 14.5 Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
013 $ 14.0 n/a $ 14.0 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
014 $ 9.0 n/a $ 9.0 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
015 $ 6.0 n/a $ 6.0 Chisum (1970)
016 $ 5.0 n/a $ 5.0 Darling Lili (1970)
017 $ 3.0 n/a $ 3.0 Myra Breckinridge (1970)
018 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
019 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 Trash (1970)
020 $ 1.5 n/a $ 1.5 The Only Game in Town (1970)
Please review and advise
Thx
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Please review movies missing from the year 1970 that might need to be added.
1.Angels Die Hard $700,000 USD source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
2.Student Nurses over $1 million source: wikipedia Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16
3.Ann and Eve $18,000,000 source: wikipedia Top Grossing Films of 1970″
also:$18,000,000 IMDB
4.Chariots of the Gods $25.9 million source: wikipedia “Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (1970)”. http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com.
also:$25,948,300 IMDB
Please review and advise
Thx
Mike